My white Spagna Bianco runner beans are germinating now (I was forced to grow them from seeds save for eating from last year, as the bought packet all rotted instead of growing), and I noticed something. A couple of the seedlings have red-ish leaf veins, like the normal scarlet runner beans have (white ones are usually lime green), despite growing from a white seed.
I grew these beans last year fairly close to normal runner beans, so there's certainly a fair chance they could have crossed. And if the red pigment is being produced in the leaves, they there's a good chance it will be in the flowers and seeds, too.
What I want to know is if anyone has experience of this, and what sort of beans I can expect from these plants? Will they all be purple? Will they be mixed?
I grew these beans last year fairly close to normal runner beans, so there's certainly a fair chance they could have crossed. And if the red pigment is being produced in the leaves, they there's a good chance it will be in the flowers and seeds, too.
What I want to know is if anyone has experience of this, and what sort of beans I can expect from these plants? Will they all be purple? Will they be mixed?
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